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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Rex Medical, L.p., Conshohocken, PA (US);
James F. McGuckin, Jr., Radnor, PA (US);
John D. Leedle, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Colin Valentis, Lansdale, PA (US);
Jenna Rose Israel, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Aaron Larry Snyder, West Chester, PA (US);
Rex Medical, L.P., Conshohocken, PA (US);
Abstract
An atherectomy device for removing deposits such as plaque from an interior of a vessel including an outer member and a rotatable shaft positioned for rotational movement within the outer member. The outer member is fixed axially. A rotatable tip is mounted to the distal region of the rotatable shaft for rotation about its longitudinal axis upon rotation of the shaft. The rotatable shaft includes a guidewire lumen for receiving a guidewire to enable over the wire insertion of the device.